The Nominees Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Man Plus by Frederik Pohl Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg Where Late the Sweet Birds Sing by Kate Wilhelm The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation It’s interesting to see which of these books hold up after nearly fifty… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1977 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
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Star Wars if it were made in the 50s
How I would vote now: 2020 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2020 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Why I no longer consider myself to be a libertarian
I’ve been going back and forth on this post for almost a year now, wondering how exactly to express my thoughts. Some of the positive reviews on my fiction have expressed that I write “libertarian fiction,” and in some ways, I think that’s accurate: certainly, I value liberty very strongly, and support those government policies… Continue reading Why I no longer consider myself to be a libertarian
50 historical figures brought to life by AI
I was not expecting this to be as good as it was: Seriously, this video nearly brought me to tears… and it’s not even past midnight yet! But I really should get to bed.
1001 Parsecs Books: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Another post from my books blog, this one on the first book in the Hornblower series. Check it out!
How I would vote now: 1958 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Big Time by Fritz Leiber. The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation The Big Time has a lot of things in it that I normally would like. It’s a time travel story that bucks the popular convention of the butterfly effect—the idea that small changes in the past lead to… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1958 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
1001 Parsecs Books: Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny
If you haven’t checked out my book blog yet, go give it a look! The latest post has more of my thoughts on Zelazny’s excellent Chronicles of Amber series, and short vs. long fantasy in general.
1001 Parsecs Books: The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny
My further thoughts on Roger Zelazny and the Chronicles of Amber. Check it out on my book blog!
Amazing shot of a comet
Saw this, had to share it. The way that tail billows out of the nucleus like some sort of celestial contrail is truly breathtaking. Apparently this comet will be visible with the naked eye during the upcoming solar eclipse!